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On 06/02/2016 at approximately 7:23 am, members of the Newbrook Fire Department, an ambulance from Rescue Inc and a member of the Vermont State Police, Brattleboro Station responded to VT RT30 in the Town of Newfane for a reported single vehicle rollover crash.

Investigation found that a vehicle being operated by Mr. Makoto Weinstein, 27 of Cambridge, MA, was headed northbound when he fell asleep at the wheel and drove off the road. Mr. Weinstein’s vehicle entered a ditch on the west side of the roadway, stuck the banking and rolled onto its roof.

No injuries were sustained in this crash and Mr. Weinstein’s vehicle was towed by Scott Brooks Towing of Townshend.